I am looking for a solid real-time stats plug-in that offers granular, up-to-date stats. Which do you use and why?
Try statCounter. It has many options and is fairly customizable. It has unfortunately a log of 500 clicks, but you can purchase a larger one. But for basic statistics (pageviews, unique visitors, came from, keywords, etc) is very good.
I'm using stat-traq on all my blogs and it works great. If you decide to use it, there is a comment made by a guy called Evan. You should grab his update
Haven't used a plugin as such, there are plenty of sites whose code you can simply paste into the necessary file. If you have $30, you could give Mint a go - http://haveamint.com/
@mizaks: Yes, I have awstats producing daily stats; was looking for a WP plug-in Thanks for all the recommendations
Will definitely go for Google Analytics as well. The reason is that the stats shown are the most prudent among all counters.
Statpress CN Visitor maps online AWStats Statcounter But why do you need all these when you have google analytics? cheers Josh